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Oakey farmer fears potentially contaminated meat continues to be sold at supermarkets

Cattle farmers in Queensland and NSW, near the Oakey and Williamtown bases, said they were concerned they could be selling contaminated meat.

"We did ask just after the contamination broke to have the cattle tested because we had one that was ready to kill and we thought we would get him tested. We knew our land was contaminated and water was contaminated," Len O'Connell, who owns a cattle farm at Williamtown in the NSW Hunter region, said.

"We should have the right to grow a clean product and not have the burden that we are passing on that product into the wider community," she said.

"We've had people say to us at these Defence meetings, 'Don't eat all your beast, but you can pass it on to the wider community because they're only eating a piece or two'. Well, can you imagine how we all feel?"

Ms Priddle said the farmers were fed up with the Government's inaction on the matter.

"Our stud industry have supported us, the Australian Cattle Breeders Association, the Chorale Society, the Brahman Society have lobbied on our behalf and producers in all these zones. Producers need to be dealt with and moved out of these zones," she said.

Senator James McGrath is in charge of the Government's taskforce to deal with the contamination issue and when questioned about why cattle have not been tested said: "I don't know why animals aren't tested. I'll take that question on notice."

Senator McGrath subsequently provided AM with this statement:

"Currently there is no domestic or international maximum levels of PFAS in any foods and Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) has not recommended the need for testing for PFAS in food.

"Given there is no recommendation from national food standard body the Government has no plans to test PFAS in food."